Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-01-18
Local Miscellany.

The Ground HOG next.
Circuit Court February Sth.
Have you rented for next year?
Have yoN an invitation to the Ma
sonic Banquet?
See S. D. Hirsthman & Co.'S new
advertisement.
A letter for John w. Grantham is
advertised at Charleston.
Turkeys have been pretty we'll
fhinned out of our county.
Some of our young ladies wear gum
boots while coasting. Sensible.
Col. H. Kyd Douglas, of Hagers-
town, Md, was in town yesterday.
Marshall Mccormick, Esq! of Ber-
fyYille, Va, was in town last Friday.
Mr. Milton Hirschman. of Morgan
town, spent several days in Charles
town last week.
Mrs. Evelyn Pratt is lying quite ill
st the residence of her son, DR.. Chas.
, F.. Pratt, in this place.
Mr. J. C. Child, a merchant of Har-
per, Ferry, was stricken with pa
sa!ysis on Friday evening last.
Frank Stean, Of Bolivar, son of Mr.
} Locke Sloan of that place, fell from
\ porch last week and troile his arm.
Mr.. Robt. F. Thomas and wife. CT
Frederick City, Md. have been Wis
sting the family of Mr.. Albert Dichl.
Messrs. j. II. Beachley & Co., of
IIagerstown, will he in Shepherds
Town next Thursday to sell Ladies
C3s:>s.
Col. NJ. 3. Bailey. Superintendent
of tie Chicago Cnston House. was
tho guest of Mr.. J. c, Holmes, on
Sunday last.
Hon. J. L. Thomas and Mr.. John
AglionbY addressed the Good Tr,n-
plars of iiarpcE's Ferry els Monday
night of last week.
Musco GihsI;n, a member Of the
Norristown (Pa.> bar, visited his
brother, Rev Jno- $. Gibson, OF Md
die way in this county, recently.
Regalar monthly business meeting
of independent Fire Company this
(Tucsdayl evening, at Z o'clock
Order of business, election of officers.
Miss Ann Davis, sister of Mr.. Thos.
w. Davis slipped upon the ice at her
yard gate. last Tuesday evening, and
fractured her hip. DR.. j. d. Starry
gave her necessary attention.
Our Eerryvillc friends, Messrs.
Geo. Glass. Louis +. Brown and N.
Griffith, with several others from our
nciylboring town, and DR.. Chas. Il.
Turner, of Snickersvi!ie, were in
Charlcstown last Thursday evening
the occasion being their induction
into the mysteries Of Scottish Rite
A1aso nry.
Al. G. Field & CO. ; United Opcr-
attic Ministries gave an excellent en-
tcrtainmcnt at Washington Hall last
night, and was accorded 4 well filed
house. The programme was clean,
and embraced some novelties. Fields
TcIepilone'' took the cake. and
brought down the house with repeat
ed roars of laughter.
On 4 banter A,r. James Lilticton,
one of our cOuntymcn, recently went
into the woods and in one day fclled
and cut four cords of wood, and
ranked it up. The agreement was
that if Mr.. l.. could perform the task.
he was 10 have the wood and two dol
lars besides. We only add that he
received tic wood and money. Who
can beat it?
The stockholders of the First Ma
ti0nal Bank of jefferson ut Charles
town, last Tuesday. elected the fol-
lowing directors: II. O. Talbot,
Samuel CIagctt. DR.. G.. F. Mason,
Daniel Getzendanncr and Col. j.
Garland Hurst. The Directors re-
elected the following officers: H. o.
Talbot. President: Sam'l Howell,
Cashier; George Tearncy, Teller.
The Masonic Banquet will he given
promptly ut s O'Clock. p. NJ, Friday.
JANUARY 2lst, in Washington Hall,
and in order that the programme may
he fully carried ont it is hoped every
one who is to participate will I've on
hand, at that hour. The invitations
are now out and ample provision will
be made for all, and from what we
can learn the committee are sparing
no pains to make this banquet the
grandest affair of the kind ever given
in Charlestown.
Died at her home in Charicstown,
the residence of her nephew. Hon.